Friday, January 31, 2014

Hello again and Happy Friday!It's that time again, for me to share what I've been melting! My tastes have been all over the place, I swear! I sometimes go through phases, but I haven't really been doing that lately. One day I love fruity, one day I love earthy! Let's just jump right on in here.

Rosegirls: Raspberry Caramel Truffles - My husband actually picked this one, and I'm so happy he did! From my recent RG order, this is a clear favorite raspberry scent for me! I ADORE RG's raspberry and the added richness of the caramel truffles had me drooling! This chunk lasted FOREVER in my 24 watt.

Shay'z Scents: Lavender Serendipity - I have an obsession with Shay'z pink sugar and serendipity blends. OBSESSED. I also love her lavender scent as well, so of course this is a massive hit for me! Shay'z scents are SO STRONG for me - one scallop in my 18 watt hot plate in my bedroom is more than enough. I will buy this over and over and over again!

CFTKR: Birthday Cake - Carol's birthday cake scent is surprisingly strong! I love white cake scents, and I love how when blended this becomes a focal point in the blending and not just a back note. I really loved this one!

CFTKR: Frosted Lime Cookie Snap - This, ladies and gents, is my ALL TIME FAVORITE SCENT FROM CAROL. EVER. EVVVVER. Something about this scent is my happy place! I got a sample from Jacqui when I first got into wax, and Carol didn't relist this one for FOREVER. Jacqui gifted me this bag since she knew how much I adored it. Carol FINALLY restocked my beloved in her last restock and I got an eight ounce bag. If you haven't smelled this, you MUST. I could melt this every day.

Beads & Scents: Haunted Corn Maze - I've had little to no luck with Beads & Scents lately. BUT I had this whole loaf and I LOVE their apple scent so I thought it was about time to give it a shot. I melted a good chunk of this loaf (a blend of caramel apple & caramel corn) and I got a medium throw in my 24 watt got plate. It's a great scent though, I hope it doesn't loose its scent!

Front Porch: Orange Marmalade Bread - Oh, I've been into orange bakery scents lately. I can't get enough. HOW I've gone this long without this scent from Angie, I just don't know! I heard Karen rave about this scent in one of her videos, so I know I had to try it out! I think it would be awesome blended with lemon marshmallow (which I'm out of :()

Front Porch: Marshmallow Cream Filled Cake - I haven't been wowed by Angie's creamed filled cake scents. I adore her marshmallow scent, so this made it a nice and creamy version for me. Light to medium scent on warm, so I blend with this one.

i<3wax: Blonde Moment/Pink Sugar - Blonde Moment is one of my favorite scents out there, so I knew this would be a hit - and it was! I melted 1/2 of a loaf at a time at bedtime and it was pretty good. I honestly think this could have been blended better, but it was still yum!

BH&G: Golden Butterscotch Pear - I've also been loving pear scents as well, and if you love them too - you need this scent in your life! One cube was crazy strong and delicious! If you don't have this scent, RUN TO WAL-MART. NOW. GO. DO IT.

BH&G: Perfect Corner Bakery - This was a recommendation from my lovely pal Sarah - and I'm glad I took her up on it. It's a great dupe for RG Streuselkuchen. Nice and spicy. Very yum!

PP&S: Wildberry Mouse Zucchini Noel - Zucchini bread and wildberry mouse are a serious match made in Heaven! I love Marci's version of this blend. One day I'll need to get a full size scoopable in this!

S&S: Chocolate Butter Brickle Croissant - I love this scent. LOVE! My husband freaked out and said this smelled like mildew! He poured this out and everything. I can sure never melt this again. SHEESH.

HHS: Banana Pudding - I've been loving banana lately, and this is the perfect candy banana (think Runts!) scent, and it's so strong! I need to place a HHS soon, and I'll be adding this to my list for sure!

Yankee Candle: Merry Marshmallow - I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love Yankee in my tea light warmer! This didn't smell like marshmallow really, just a really nice, sweet scent. Very strong!

LSC: Peppermint Dreams - I *think* this is a blend of peppermint and lavender? I'm not sure, I can't remember. On cold, I love it. On warm, it smells like the carpet cleaner they use at my work. I couldn't do it LOL!

LSC: Pumpkin Bread - Sadly, another one that I just wasn't quite in love with from LSC. Which is crazy since I love most of their scents! I got more of a fresh baked bread note that I'm just not a fan of. Bleh.

CBV: Pink Cupcake - If CBV's wax didn't melt so WEIRD I really think I would buy more! I melted a half at a time and it would barely melt, dang it! It smelled amazing though. SUCH a creamy cupcake scent that I've never smelled from any other vendor.

Scentsationals: Cupcake & Lemon Chiffon - One cube of each of these is seriously one of my favorite blends EVER. A little birdie said that they're bringing back Lemon Chiffon! I still have two full clamshells to get me through! ;)

BH&G: Frosty Peppermint Snow - This is like the fourth clamshell of this I've gone through - it's just a nice, simple, strong peppermint scent.

Rosegirls: Cereal Killer Cuppa Cake - I finished a Rosegirls bag, people! This is a nice, STRONG fruit loops bakery blend. Don't know if I'd order it since Rosegirls carries so much more unique blends - but I wouldn't rule it out!

S&S: Vanilla Sugar Waffle Cone - I used this to blend with quite a few times. A very light, sweet bakery scent.

BSF: Pink Butter Brickle Rock Candy - Another gift from Jacqui! On cold I really loved this one! But warm, it didn't really smell like much. I got a light pink sugar with a slight sweetness of the rock candy.

Starlight Chandling: Snow Fairy - I LOVE this shower gel, so I couldn't wait to get this is wax form. I am so grossed out by this tart. As much as I loved this scent and it was nice and strong, there was a bug in this tart. A BUG. NASTY. NAS-TAY.

Front Porch: Peanut Butter Cups - This is one of the most authentic peanut butter scents that I've ever smelled and I'm SO SAD that I melted my last tart. ANGIE, BRING IT BACK!!!!! So good. SO GOOD.

Rosegirls: Pumpkin Cupcake/Baked Zucchini Bread/Monster Cookie - This was a muffin from our last pie club and I loved it! Very nice and creamy and sweet. I think I get mostly monster cookie. I could for sure see myself getting this blend again one day.

CFTKR: Bonfire Bliss - I've been on SUCH a Bonfire Bliss type scents kick lately! I loved them so much! I melted this with a few pieces of FP brittle in marshmallow and it was perfection! Carol's scents is nice and strong, I'm so happy that I have have a four once bag as a back up.

HHS: Granma's Wildberry Mousse - This was a gift from Jacqui. Like I said before, I adore any and all wildberry mouse/zucchini blends so this was perfection! They were the cutest little leave shapes as well. Medium throw.

VDC: Holiday Magic - This was a freebie little heart shape from Vickie. This was a spicy almost spicy(ish) apple scent. Very yum!

i<3wax: Serendipity Coconut Cream Pie - This was a free sampler from Audra. I actually love this blend from any vendor LOL, so I was definitely hoarding it for a while. This was a smaller tart, so it wasn't as strong as I'm used to. Still yum though!

SMT: Orange Chiffon Cake - Another from the lovely Jacqui! This was an adorable little gun shape - not enough to get a good throw, but it worked in my bedroom. I would love to blend with this in the future.

Front Porch: Pink Serendipity Mallow Bread - I was so excited for this scent! I love pink, I love serendipity, and I LOOOOOVE Angie's mallow bread. But dang, I cannot get this brittle to give me a good throw! Which is so weird coming from FP! I'm going to keep trying, I tell you!

Front Porch: Lemon Marshmallow - A classic to me from FP. Everyone knows how awesome this is! This was my last tart, I need more!

Front Porch: Mulberry Pear - Holy Bajeezus! Jacqui has been on a mulberry kick lately, and she recommended this one for me. It's sooooo goood! I love pear, and now I'm sure I love mulberry too! Very strong perfection. I want to try more of both scents from FP.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Good afternoon!Today I have part two of my recent haul post, and this time it's everything I came home with from my trip home to Ohio! I'm always on the lookout for wax, and I actually really love Yankee Candle tarts, they work great in my tea light warmer! (Although I never seem to reach for them!) I also go to visit Jacqui every time we come home! She's one of my best friends for sure, and I love that our husbands have become friends too! (We're even all going to New Orleans together in October, I can't wait!) We of course exchanged wax, and she sent me home with some AMAZING stuff! Here we go!

I got two clam shells at a local Wal-Mart, Golden Butterscotch Pear (AMAZING!) and Chocolate Peppermint Truffle

My uncle gave me a Home For The Holidays candle for Christmas!

While driving we actually made a pit stop to Cracker Barrel, and grabbed some Yankee tarts! Two in Meyer Lemon and two in Over The River

The Yankee Candles Store had tarts on clearance for 50 cents a pop, so I had to grab a few!

Pumpkin Pie x 2

Hot Buttered Rum

Merry Marshmallow

Sparkling Snow

North Pole

Peppermint Bark

Cozy Sweater

NOW ONTO THE GOOD STUFF! Here's everything that the generous and amazing Jacqui sent me home to Virginia with! THERE'S A LOT! Grab a drink ;)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Feels good to be back to saving my wax empties! For months I just threw everything away, and I must admit, it's not nearly as fun melting when you just pitch them! At least for me anyway. Here's what I have for the last week!

Beezy: Wildberry Mouse Zucchini Bread - This has become one of my favorite blends, WHY DO I NOT HAVE THIS FROM MORE VENDORS?! I love Beezy's. So strong. I melted 1/2 of a scent scent shot each time, and it was amazing as usual from the Beez. Jacqui gifted me another scent shot, so I'll be hoarding that one as well!

Shayz Scentz: Pink Poop - In theory, this scent is awesome: PS and Monkey Farts. Melted, it's just weird. I can't explain it but I didn't like it. Sweet in a weird way. NEXT.

UTC: Zucchini Bread - This is a nice, creamy zucchini bread scent but UTC just doesn't do it for me. Her scent combos and scents themselves are unique so it's so sad that Her tarts fizzle out SO FAST for me. I've tried every watt warmer, and they just don't last. I honestly don't see myself ordering again.

Lasting Scent Candles

Beignets: HOLY BALLS. I'm so glad that I have one more, since this is FREAKING AMAZING! Spicy, flaky, pure bakery goodness! I can't get over how good this is! Lasted forever, nice and strong, everything that makes me adore LSC. I hope I can get more this next restock!

Fall Bounty Zucchini: Another gift from Jacqui, this is the first zucchini blend I've melted from LSC! You get the pumpkin in there, this was a really nice fall scent. Very creamy.

Lemon Sorbet: This was a free sample a couple of orders back, and it's really nothing to write home about. It was light on cold, so I didn't hold high hopes for it melted. I just didn't get much, but what little I got was a creamy lemon.

Pumpkin Mallow Chai: Jacqui had gifted this to me a year ago when she first got me into wax, and I loved it then as much as I love it now! You get that warm chai scent, with a creamy and delicious pumpkin marshmallow scent. It's one of those comfy scents that I just can't get enough of, I LOVE IT! Lasted forever, nice and strong. So glad I have one more!

TBG: Frosted Vanilla Graham Crackers - There's going to be a lot in this post that the amazing Jacqui gifted me, so you've been warned LOL! She gave me four cubes, and I melted two at a time. I really wish that Shannon restocks this some time, cause this is AWESOME! Smells just like graham crackers and it was crazy strong. Loved!

TBG: Raspberry Hearts - This is the second clamshell of this I've finished, and it's just a really nice, tart bakery scents.

Better Homes & Gardens - Country Kettle Corn - I've had this clamshell for almost a year so it was time to finish it up! This isn't my favorite popcorn scent, but it's pretty good. I've found more that I love.

Melties: Blueberry Cheesecake - This is from New Orleans in the French Market. It's a really, really good blueberry scent! My husband LOVES this one, so I melted two cubes at a time while he was home. This was STRONG too and lasted forever. I'm going back to NOLA in October, so I'll have to find more from this vendor.

LCP: Pistachio Pudding Cake - This is a PERFECT pistachio scent. I got this in a RR a while back. I've honestly never had ANY LCP luck until now. This was really great! Melted two cubes at a time.

Front Porch: Marshmallow Noel Bread Shaveable - I'm not a big scoopable fan, and as much as I like the consistency of the shaveable better, I just like loaves and pies better for large quantities. Now the scent, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENTS FROM ANGIE EVERRRRRRR! It's perfection. If you've never smelled it, you're missing out big time. YOU MUST!

B&BW: Hot Buttered Rum - This had some hype on YouTube channels, so I had to snag it. On cold it was yum but I gotta tell ya this candle was a DUD melted. I melted it in the bathroom just to use it up honestly. Meh.

I<3Wax: Pink Fruit Loops - This was a large cookie, and I finally finished melting it. One TEENY piece was hella strong, so it took me forever to get through it. It's a good scent, but I'm burned out on FL and it was definitely the dominant note.

I<3Wax: Serendipity Cotton Candy Frosting - Another from Jacqui! Oh wow this was awesome, I'm going to need to get this blend from Audra! I love here serendipity, and blended with that sweet candy not is perfection. Just awesome!

Rosegirls

Berrylicious Pancake Batter - This was an older chunk, so I unfortunately didn't get a whole lot from this. The berry in here ended up smelling a bit sour, actually. I've heard pancake batter is a great scent, I'd love to melt on it's own someday! BRING IT BACK!

Key Lime Swizzle Sticks - I was SO EXCITED when Jacqui gifted this to me! They don't currently carry this scent, and it's one of her all time faves! THANKS GIRL! This was AWWWWWESOME! Tart, yet sweet and creamy - exactly what a lime scent is meant to be! Medium scent throw.

Marshmallow Smoothie Ice Cream - What a nice, creamy, sweet scent! I threw the chunk in with two cubes of LCP Pistachio Pudding Cake, and together they were perfection!

SGA: Pink Sugar Pistachio Coconut Fluff - These were adorable scallop chunks and they were BEAUTIFUL! Hot pink and lime green with glitter! I melted both at once, and scent throw was about light to medium. Her pistachio scent smells exactly like I<3Wax.

SMT: Lemon Cheesecake Sticky Marshmallow - This was a really, really, nice lemon scent. Creamy yet tart. I can really smell the cheesecake in there! This was a large chunk, and I melted one half at a time.

Pumpkin Crunch Cake: This honestly wasn't a favorite pumpkin scent from Carol, a bit too spicy in a weird way. The scent wasn't very strong either. I liked it and all, just not a repurchase.

Sugar Cookie Zucchini: Jacqui gave me these cute little bread slices, and WOW! I don't know how I ever went without this scent in my life! I LOVE Carol's sugar cookie scent so naturally blended with ZB, it's a match made in Heaven!

Kettle Corn: Pretty nice popcorn scent, but it was a little light. I love her Popcorn Garland way better!

Frosted Sugar Cookie: I'm always up for a sugar cookie scent from Carol, and this one was as awesome as always!

Amish Quilt: I had always heard great things about this one, so I'm glad I left Jacqui's with one! Nice and spicy, this is one of those comfort and cozy scents! I definitely think this is a staple for the Fall/Winter!

Front Porch

Caramel Apple Marshmallow: Angie's caramel apple scent is one of my favorite scents from her! It's so juicy, and creamy and PERFECT. MOUTH WATERING. AMAZING. Oh, and strong! I think I could even go so far as to say a half a grubby would be enough. Add her fantastic marshmallow scent? There are almost no words for how great this is! I have back ups, don't worry!

Caramel Apples: I repeat my praises again!

Zucchini Noel: I'm melting this in my bedroom right now, and it's so creamy and sweet! I was just thinking that I needed a four pack! I do think it could be a tad stronger, but it's still great!

Beads & Scents: Beignets On Decatur & Cream Cheese King Cake - I want to love this vendor. I loved their concept, and I wanted this vision to pan out. They closed though, and I wish they had taken the time to hang in there and perfect their wax before closing shop. I've had some that were strong and amazing, and others that literally lost their scents entirely. These two were two of them. I got zero scent from these. Zero. Nada. That being said, I have a loaf in Haunted Corn Maze that smells crazy strong. *shrugs*

VDC: Orange Chiffon Cake - I'm melting this right now! I've really been into orange bakery scents lately. This one is stronger on the orange and less on the bakery notes but it's really yummy!

Shayz: Pink Eucalyptus - This is seriously one of the most perfect bedtime scents EVER! One scallop lasts ALL NIGHT! I love Shayz pink scents, and this one kicks butt! You get the PS and the menthol mint scent STRONG! I need more next time I order for sure!

Monday, January 13, 2014

Hello there!More haul goodness to share! I know, I know. I'm not good at keeping up with blogging. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things, and here are my hauls of the past month and a half! I Don't order like I used to, but I still think these are fun little hauls to share. Enjoy!

Rosegirls!

Brittle in: Pomegranate/Wildberry - I had gotten a sample with a flash sale and fell in love. Jenny was nice enough to switch a bag of chunks to this mixed brittle. PLEASE STOCK THIS NEXT REOPENING! <3

Bakery bags in:

Sweet Lemon Confection/Pink Sugar/Gilligans Brew

Raspberry Caramel Truffles

Bakery bags in:

Raspberry Key Lime Pie (ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENTS OF ALL TIME!!!)

Butterbrickle Caramel Ice Cream Pie

Apple Cider Donuts

Free samples:

Blueberry Muffin Cupacake

Blackberry Cotton Candy Waffle Cone

Blackberry Jam Lemon Ice Cream

Double Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Front Porch

Single in Cucumber & Grapefruit (This is one of the best things I've ever smelled in my LIFE! I keep praying Angie will restock this scent ASAP!)